WEBVTT - Why Qantas’ fares are taking off

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<v Speaker 1>Today's Biggest News from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with

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<v Speaker 1>the Front's afternoon headlines. Quantas says the Middle East conflict

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<v Speaker 1>is prompting it to review ticket prices bi weekly and

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<v Speaker 1>they could go up even more than the blanket rise

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<v Speaker 1>of approximately five percent it's already announced. Wallace told the

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<v Speaker 1>Destination Australia Tourism conference costs have risen faster in the

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<v Speaker 1>past few weeks than he's seen in his thirty year career,

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<v Speaker 1>so what's causing it. Fuel prices are up and there's

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<v Speaker 1>growing concern about the future of fuel supply thanks to

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<v Speaker 1>Iran's closure of the Harmers Strait. There's massive doubt about

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<v Speaker 1>the future of Middle Eastern hubs because Iran is lobbing

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<v Speaker 1>drones and missiles across the Persian Gulf, and for domestic

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<v Speaker 1>tourism operators that means a dearth of inbound European visitors.

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<v Speaker 1>There's also a general era of uncertainty as customers hold

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<v Speaker 1>off booking family holidays or rejig their plans. Queenslanders are

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<v Speaker 1>bracing for a once in a century cyclone. The category

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<v Speaker 1>five tropical cyclone Nerell is expected to make landfall on

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<v Speaker 1>the Cape York Peninsula on Friday morning, bringing storms, gales

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<v Speaker 1>and heavy rain. The Bureau of Meteorology reported on Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>winds near the eye of the storm are moving at

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred and five kilometers per hour, with gusts of

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<v Speaker 1>up to two hundred and eighty five kilometers per hour.

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<v Speaker 1>There hasn't been a storm as intense as this one

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<v Speaker 1>so far north since the eighteen hundreds. Here's Queensland Premier

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<v Speaker 1>David CHRISI fu lee, but.

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<v Speaker 2>I assure you can get through it.

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<v Speaker 1>If communities take it seriously, if they look out for

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<v Speaker 1>each other, if they prepare well now, if they heed advice,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll get through it. There's an active warning zone from

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<v Speaker 1>north of the Lockhart River to Cape Tribulation in the south,

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<v Speaker 1>while Portstewart and Lizard Island have been evacuated. Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>says he'll destroy a crucial Iranian gas field if the

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<v Speaker 1>regime launches further attacks on Qatar's primary gas plant. In

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<v Speaker 1>a social media post, the president said the strike that

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<v Speaker 1>prompted around to retaliate against Qatar was launched by Israel,

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<v Speaker 1>not the United States. We've used AI to bring parts

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<v Speaker 1>of Trump's post to life.

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<v Speaker 2>No more attacks will be made by Israel pertaining to

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<v Speaker 2>this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field, unless Iran

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<v Speaker 2>on wisely decides to attack a very innocent in this case, Qatar,

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<v Speaker 2>in which instance, the United States of America, with or

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<v Speaker 2>without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow

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<v Speaker 2>up the entirety of the South pars gas field at

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<v Speaker 2>an amount of strength and power that Iran has never

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<v Speaker 2>seen or witnessed before.

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